‘Then everyone said ‘how can you take him off?’ and stuff like this. I don’t go out and say ‘yeah, but he is close to being injured.

‘He is not at the moment, thank God. Hopefully we took him off early enough.’

Klopp did not say whether Salah would play against West Brom, but it seems the winger will now be given a rest.

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While the Liverpool boss has continually rotated this season, handing rests to Jordan Henderson, Philippe Coutinho, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmno, Salah has started 14 of the Reds’ 16 Premier League games and all their Champions League matches.

Salah has become Liverpool’s most influential player since joining in the summer and has already scored 19 goals from just 24 appearances, despite the fact he is a winger.

Klopp looks set to hand him a breather, however, and continue a trend that has seen him make 59 changes to his starting elevens already this season.